Toothpick dispenser



Feb. 7, 1933. E, c, BROLIN 1,896,571

TOOTHPICK DISPENSER Filed July 18, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet l Feb. 7, 1933 E. c. BRoLlN TOOTHPICK DISPENSER Filed July 18, 1932 C5 Sheets-Sheet Inventor ltorncy 557,193.3; E- C, BRON.; l A1,896,571

TOOTHPICK DISPENSER Filed July 18, 1932 Sheets-Sheet 3 [Inventor Edzz'nfabm,

/I Home y Patented Feb. 7, 1 933 nutren STATES EDWIN C. BROLIN, OF ANTIOGH, GALFORNIA.

TOOTHPICK Application filed July 18,

The present invention relates to a. device for dispensing toothpicks in a highly sanitary manner and has for its object to provide a device of this nature which is simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to manipulate, thoroughly efficient and reliable in use and operation and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed. v

Vith the above and numerous objects in view as will appear as the description pro- Ceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more iullydescribed and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device embodying the :features of my invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical section therethrough.

Figure 3 is another vertical section therethrough taken at right' angles to that shown in Figure 2. i

Figure 4 is a. perspective view of the stationary block.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the lower end of the rear guide plate.

Figure G is a perspective view oi the strucn ture.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the iront guide plate.

Figure 8 is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 8 8 of Figure 3.

Figure 9 isa perspective view of the movable block, and

Figure 10 is a perspective View of the connectingv rod.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that a casing is formed with a bottom 5, the side walls 5, rear wall 7, front wall 8,V

O and top 9 formed in two sections the forward section 9l of which is hingedly connected at 10 with the rearV portion of the wall.

The front wall 8 is formed in two sections the adjacent ends of which are spaced to provide a slot 11. Numeral 12 denotes a stationary block iixed betweenv the side walls 6 ,Y adjacent the front wall 8 immediately below the slot 11 andis provided with a longitudinal groove 14 in which is slidable a movable block 15. A clip 16 is mounted on the block 15 DISPENSER 1932.Y serial No. 623,275.

and includes upwardly bowed sides 17 and a straight cross portion therebetween denoted by the numeral 18. A hopper H is formed by -a rear guide plate 19 having on its upper edge a flange 20 fixed under the top 9 and the plate 55 19 inclines downwardly and forwardly and terminates in a horizontal floor plate 21 resting on the block 12 and extending to the bottom of the slot 11. This floor plateA 21 is provided with a pair of longitudinally ex- 60 tending slots 22 through which the sides 17 extend so that the cross portion 18 rides on top of the portion of the plate-21 between the slots 22 and the outwardly bowed sides 17 extend through the slots 22. The hopper is 65 .completed by a front guide plate 24 disposed between the sides 6 and inclining slightly rearwardly and downwardly and terminating lin a- Vhorizontally forwardly directed flange 25 terminating at the top of the slot 11 and 70 Y this flange 25 is provided with longitudinally extending slots 26 one above each slot 22or the Vpurposevzof receivingthe bowed legs 17 of the ejector clips 16. i

`A brace block 28 is mounted on the block 12 across the block 15 under the plate 19. On the upper section of the front wall 8 is a catching device comprising a cross rod 30 merging into downwardly and upwardly curved extensions 31which terminate in upwardly and rearwardly inclined arms 32, the terminalsv of which are secured to the wall. The cross rod 30 is located in front of the bottom of the slot- 18 so that a toothpick ejected through said slot will fall to rest in 85 the portions 31.

' shaft 34 is disposed between the walls 6 and has rockable lthereon a wheel 39. A rod `35 is eccentrically engaged as at 36 with the wheelv 39 and is engaged as at 36, with the rear edge of the block 15. A spring 37 is engaged with the wheel`39 and anchored as at 38 on the `bottom 5 tohold the wheel 39 in such a positionso that the block 15 will be in its retracted position shown in Figure 3.

Numeral 40 denotes a bar slidable through an opening in the top 9 and engaged eccentrically as at 41 with the wheel 39. Numeral 42 denotes a stop collar on the bar to limit the upward movement thereof. Obviously by pressing down on the bar 40 the wheel is caused to rock thereby pushing the rod 35 forwardly simultaneously pushing the movable ejector block l5 forwardly causing the ejector clip to engage a toothpick and slide the same between the {iange 25 and the floor plate 21 and eject it through the slot 15 into the catching device. The spring 37 will return the parts to their normal position so that the operation may be repeated. The bowed legs 16 assist in placing the toothpicks for proper individual engagement with the cross member 18.

The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacricing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

In a dispensing device of the class described, a casing having a discharge slot in a wall thereof, a horizontally arranged supporting member located in the casing, a block slidably arranged on said supporting member, a hopper located in the casing and including a horizontal bottom portion extending to the loweredge of the slot and a second horizontal portion extending from the lower end of the front wall of the hopper to the upper edge of the slot, said horizontal p0rtions being spaced apart and forming a discharge passage for the articles in the hopper, the first-mentioned horizontal portion and the supporting member forming a horizontal guideway for the block, said first-mentioned horizontal portion having a pair of parallel slots therein, a substantially U-shaped member formed of wire and having its limbs connected to the upper face of the block with' said limbs bowed upwardly and passing through the slots in the horizontal portion with the bight of said U-shaped member slidably engaging the portion of the first-mentioned horizontal part between the slots for moving an article through the passage and through the first-mentioned slot, when the lock is moved forwardly, and means for reciprocating the block.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature.

EDWIN C. BROLIN. 

